For Israeli families bereaved by Gaza war, a ‘lonely journey’ is still in its early stages

“There isn’t a day that I don’t think about him.” Shosh Goldmacher tells Maayan Jaffe [JNS.org] Read more

Israel’s new pioneers transforming the Negev

In southern Israel, the next generation of Jewish pioneers is making the desert bloom….writes Maayan Jaffe/JNS.org Read more

The under-the-radar story of Far East Jewry…writes Maayan Jaffe

It was a long trek: 6,000 miles by boat from Central Europe to the Far East. But the towns of East Asia opened their gates for the waves of Jewish emigrants who had to find shelter from the tragic problems they faced first in Russia, and later in Central Europe. Read more

Yom HaZikaron: Israeli families discuss what it means to lose a soldier, a son, a sibling

Some 22,000 Israeli soldiers have died since the establishment of the Jewish state, including 40 soldiers between March 2013 and March 2014, according to the Israel Defense Forces…writes Maayan Jaffe. Read more

Ben-Gurion University researcher may have cure for Type 1 diabetes

While methods of insulin administration have improved and modes of measuring how much insulin to give are far superior than they were in the 1920s, when insulin was discovered, there have been no major advancements toward a cure for Type 1 diabetes for almost a century. Read more

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